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It’s Not an Opinion, It’s a Fact: Am I Taking Crazy Pills?
[DISCLAIMER] When providing care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”), I’m sometimes reminded of an Internet mere regarding the antiquated term crazy (not mentally sound: marked by thought or action that lacks reason). Specifically, one source states: Zoolander is a 2001 comedy film [written and directed by,] and starring Ben Stiller. In it[,] he plays Derek Zoolander, an American male model brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of
Deric Hollings
Jul 612 min read
The Stamp of a Man
[DISCLAIMER] In a post entitled Problem Solving in Regard to Anger: How to Eat an Elephant, I stated, “I was taught to provide for and protect girls and women.” Both male and female caregivers relayed this lesson to me, as the stamp of a man regarded the standards and principles up to which I’d live. Recently, I listened to the song “Fraudulent Cloth”, for the umpteenth time, from the eighth studio album The Thief and the Fallen (2015) by hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks (l
Deric Hollings
Jun 248 min read
Believability: Conflating Believing With Knowing – Flooding the Zone
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, I’ve observed the reactions of people to sociopolitical stories with varying degrees of believability (the quality or state of being believable—capable of being believed [considered to be true or honest], especially as within the range of known possibility or probability). As an example, one source states, “The Pentagon in May [2026] made public large swaths of UFO [unidentified flying object; also referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomenon (U
Deric Hollings
Jun 1712 min read
Knowledge of How to Live
[DISCLAIMER] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy, this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Ancient philosopher Epictetus stated, “What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does high-office, state or kingdom—rather, something else mu
Deric Hollings
Jun 174 min read
Pleasure Isn't Synonymous With Virtue
[DISCLAIMER] While attending festivities for the United States Marine Corps Birthday when stationed in Okinawa, Japan (1997-1999), I was given the option between prime rib and chicken as a main dish. Unfamiliar with the former, I chose it, because my friends told me about how good it was. Turns out, I don’t like prime rib… not even the visual display with all the fat adorning the cut of meat. For context, when residing in a children’s home in my adolescence, I was served
Deric Hollings
May 306 min read
Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding
[ DISCLAIMER ] Defining Terms When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to define terms. This is done in the interest of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding . In fact, these three terms are worth defining. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), knowledge is defined as “the state of being familiar with something or aware of its existence, usually resulting from experience or study” or
Deric Hollings
Oct 13, 202512 min read
My Philosophy
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was assigned to the Marine Security Guard detachment in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 202512 min read
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